Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 152

?Limited Edition, Platinum No. 1? Audemars Piguet Genève, "Royal Oak, Quantième Perpétuel Automatique, N° 1", case No. C 54927. Made especially for Asprey in 1988. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, octagonal, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, platinum Royal Oak bracelet and white gold deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lapidated octagonal bezel, with 8 hexagonal white gold screws, flat sapphire crystal, case back with screws. D. Metallic blue with applied white gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. White gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2120/2852, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K engraved white gold rotor with yellow gold rim. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 9 mm.